[flipside]

There's an opportunity to outsource mental models to software in a similar way to how we've outsourced basic math to calculators and basic facts to search engines.

A benefit to a digital mental model is that it could be updated based on new data independent of the owner which has all kinds of (possibly disturbing) implications.

[philwelch]

I'd love to see the bug reports for that.

"Your program says I should now believe that it's morally acceptable to kill infants. I don't agree with its reasoning."